Dead Space: Extraction brings survival horror to Wii this year

EA Redwood Shores’ space-based survival-horror title Dead Space will expand onto the Wii “later this year” with Dead Space: Extraction, following up on the success of last year’s original game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.{ad}

Extraction is to be a prequel, setting up the events of the first game, and will switch from a third-person to a first-person perspective, presumably to take advantage of the Wii’s unique controller.

The main character of the prequel is as yet unnamed, but it is known that the protagonist will be female this time around. The game was outed in early February by Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello in a conference call, but yesterday’s announcement is the first to carry any details on the game. In the call, Riccitiello promised that all the tension of the original game will carry over to the Wii.